On this day …
February 6, 2017
- In 1788, Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
- In 1820, the first 86 African Americans sponsored by the American Colonization Society departed New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia.
- In 1899, the peace treaty ending the Spanish-American War was ratified by the U.S. Senate.
- In 1952, Elizabeth II became queen of the United Kingdom upon the death of her father, King George VI.
- In 1959, Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed the first patent for an integrated circuit.
- In 1978, the “Blizzard of ’78” hit New England, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of four inches per hour.
- In 1998, Washington National Airport was renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
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